me a bag for my video, and I thought of a whole rant about not wanting people to see what I was renting. At the time, I was new to single life in the city and spent several Friday nights watching movies in my apartment, so I turned my rant into a story about a hyperverbal yet socially awkward young woman who's new to the big city and isn't quite sure how to date and make friends. The story came to me rather quickly, but I always do a lot of revisions to my writing. So after I spent almost a year writing it, I did a lot of tweaks. Film adaptation On June 17, 2013, it was announced in Variety that a trio of successful female producers in Hollywood were set to turn the novel into a film, to be directed by Susan Johnson, with initial seed money coming from a Kickstarter campaign (see film web page at external links below). On January 9, 2015, the Hollywood Reporter broke the story that Oscar-nominated actress Hailee Steinfeld would play the lead character. A slew of positive articles followed, sometimes noting the all-female production team and female screenwriter during a time when Hollywood movies are usually helmed by men. Steinfeld ultimately dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, and indie film star Bel Powley replaced her. Other actors were cast in the film, including Gabriel Byrne, starring as Carrie's father, and Nathan Lane as her therapist. On March 31, 2017, the film opened in limited release at six U.S. theaters, and became available on Amazon, iTunes, and some cable on-demand services the following week on April 4, 2017. It was the top independent iTunes movie rental for the first three weeks of its release, then dropped to third place in its fourth week of release. References External links Caren Lissner's web page 2003 American novels Women's fiction Chick lit novels American novels adapted into films